Configuring Cisco Video Service
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Configuring Cisco Video Service
To use Cisco/VSMS video cameras with PSOM, you must:
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Install the Cisco Video Surveillance Integrated Services Platform (axc_setup.exe) on every PSOM
Administration or Operation Console machine that you will use to access Cisco video.
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From a web browser, navigate to the IP address of the Cisco VSOM Server and install additional
client components. For example, http://ip_address/vsom/.
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Install the Cisco Video Service on the PSOM Administration Console machine by running the
correct executable for your Cisco installation version in the \VideoAdaptorInstallers directory of
your PSOM installation media:
– Cisco 6.0—PxVideoAdaptorSetup-Cisco6.0.msi
– Cisco 6.1—PxVideoAdaptorSetup-Cisco6.1.msi
– Cisco 6.2—PxVideoAdaptorSetup-Cisco6.2.msi
– Cisco 6.3—PxVideoAdaptorSetup-Cisco6.3.msi
To configure Cisco video service:
Step 1
Select Cisco from the Video Service Integration Module Configuration window.
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Step 2
Click the Configure button.
The Cisco Video Server Configuration window appears.
To use Cisco Video Surveillance Operations
Manager, check the Use VSOM option and
click the VSOM... button.
Step 3
(Optional) If you want to use the Cisco Video Surveillance Operations Manager (VSOM), follow these
steps:
a.
Check the Use VSOM option and click the VSOM... button.
The Cisco VSOM Configuration window appears.
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To specify a Cisco Video
Surveillance Operations
Manager, click the Add...
button.
b.
Click the Add... button.
The Add Cisco VSOM window appears.
Note
Make sure that the Cisco MySQL database has a user with full privileges that can be specified
for this Cisco VSOM entry.
Enter the TCP/IP address or server name of
the Cisco/VSOM server.
Enter the user name for accessing the server.
Enter the user password for accessing the
server.
c.
In the VSOM Host Name field, enter the Cisco/VSOM server name or TCP/IP address.
d.
In the VSOM DB User Name field, enter the user name for accessing this Cisco/VSOM server.
e.
In the VSOM DB Password field, enter the password for the user name.
f.
Click OK.
The Cisco VSOM Configuration window shows your new server configuration.
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g.
Click OK.
The Cisco Video Server Configuration window appears.
Select the VSOM you want to use.
h.
Step 4
Select the VSOM you want to use from the VSOM pull-down menu.
To specify a Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server, click the Add... button.
To specify a Cisco Video Surveillance Media
Server, click the Add... button.
The Add Cisco VSMS Server window appears.
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Enter the TCP/IP address or server name of the Cisco
VSMS Server.
Enter the user name for accessing the server.
Enter the user password for accessing the server.
Step 5
In the Server Name field, enter the Cisco VSMS Server name or TCP/IP address. If you are using a
VSOM, you will select the server from a drop-down list.
Step 6
In the Server Logon Name field, enter the user name for accessing this Cisco VSMS Server.
Step 7
In the Server Logon Password field, enter the password associated with the user name.
Step 8
Click OK.
The Cisco Video Server Configuration window shows your new server configuration.
Step 9
Click Test Connection to verify connectivity with the Cisco VSMS Server.
Step 10
When you are finished, restart the PSOM Administration Console to enable the new Cisco Video Service
configuration.
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Step 11
Next, add sensors to PSOM for the Cisco cameras following the instructions in the “Adding New Sensors
for Video Cameras” section in the Administering PSOM guide. You should be able to browse Cisco
cameras using the Cisco VSOM/VSMS Server Device Browser window as shown next.
If a VSOM is employed, select it from the VSOM pull-down menu. Then select the relevant VSMS from
the VSMS pull-down menu and a list of associated cameras appears.
You can export the Cisco camera list for the selected VSMS in an XML file by clicking the Export
button at the bottom of the window.
Step 12
When a new sensor is created from a camera using the VSOM option, the sensor properties will show
the name of the associated VSOM Server.
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PTZ Control of Cisco Cameras
When you are adding sensors for Cisco to PSOM, or playing live or recorded video, you can check for
error messages in the PxSurveillintTrace.LOG file. This file is usually stored in
C:\Users\CurrentWinNTUser\Local Settings\Application Data\Cisco Systems, Inc\
Physical Security Operations Manager 5.1.
Search for error messages beginning with “Error [PxVideoAdaptorBroadWare]”.
PTZ Control of Cisco Cameras
When viewing live video for a Cisco PTZ camera, you can move the camera:
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Pan—Right-click and hold anywhere in the Live Video window to change the view shown by the
PTZ camera. Release the right-click to stop camera movement.
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Zoom—Press the mouse wheel and hold anywhere in the Live Video window to activate zoom on
the PTZ camera. Once activated, zoom out by moving the wheel clockwise, zoom in by moving the
wheel in reverse direction.
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